July 27, 1968 –
Cass Elliot releases her first solo single, Dream a Little Dream of Me following the break up of The Mamas and Papas on this date.
This song was written in 1931 and became a popular standard in depression-era America. Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt composed the music and Gus Kahn wrote the lyrics. When she was 15, Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas met Fabian Andre. Years later, when Phillips heard that Andre died in a fall in an elevator shaft, she remembered meeting him and this song came up. They decided to record it with “Mama” Cass Elliot on lead vocals, and it became her signature song, and she performed it with The Mamas & The Papas and as a solo artist until her death in 1974.
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